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THE DOCTOR
THE DOCTOR

Reputation: 4555

Python IndexError On Conditional Statement

If I test the "empty" condition of the following, I get an IndexError that states the string index is out of range. Why is that? I want the script to print "empty" if the user input is empty.

pyg = 'ay'

original = raw_input('Enter a word:')
word = original.lower()
first = word[0]

if len(original) > 0 and original.isalpha():
    if first in 'aeiou':
        print "vowel"
        new_word = original + pyg
        print new_word
    else:
        new_word = word[1:len(original)] + first + pyg
        print new_word
else:
    print "empty"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 234

Answers (1)

DSM
DSM

Reputation: 353229

first = word[0]

is failing; if word is empty, there is no zeroth character. You can replace this by

first = word[:1]

But since it's only used inside the if len(original) > 0 and original.isalpha(): branch, it'd be better to move it inside instead and leave it as first = word[0].

BTW, instead of if len(original) > 0), you can simply write if original -- nonempty strings are truelike.

Upvotes: 1

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